# 縷

| 縷 | U+7E37, &#32311; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E37 |
| ← 縶 [U+7E36] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 縸 → [U+7E38] |
| 縷 | U+F950, &#63824; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F950 |
| ← 累 [U+F94F] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 陋 → [U+F951] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 縷 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𫃵 |
| Simplified | 缕 |

### Han character

縷 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火中中女 (VFLLV), four-corner 2594$_4$, composition ⿰糹婁)

#### Derived characters

* 𪈜 𧃒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 936, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27832
* Dae Jaweon: page 1375, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3442, character 12
* Unihan data for U+7E37
* Unihan data for U+F950

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 樓 | *ɡ·roː |
| 摟 | *roː, *ro |
| 耬 | *roː |
| 僂 | *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ |
| 婁 | *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro |
| 螻 | *roː |
| 髏 | *roː |
| 蔞 | *roː, *ro, *roʔ |
| 鞻 | *roː |
| 艛 | *ɡ·roː |
| 膢 | *roː, *ro |
| 廔 | *roː |
| 嘍 | *roː, *roːʔ |
| 瞜 | *roː, *ro |
| 簍 | *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 慺 | *roː, *ro, *roʔ |
| 鷜 | *roː, *ro |
| 褸 | *roː, *roʔ |
| 遱 | *roː |
| 謱 | *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 嶁 | *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 甊 | *roːʔ |
| 塿 | *roːʔ |
| 漊 | *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 鏤 | *roːs, *ro |
| 瘻 | *roːs, *ro |
| 擻 | *sloːʔ |
| 藪 | *sloːʔ |
| 籔 | *sloːʔ, *sroʔ |
| 氀 | *ro |
| 縷 | *roʔ |
| 屢 | *ros |
| 數 | *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ |
| 屨 | *klos |
| 窶 | *ɡloʔ |
| 貗 | *ɡloʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǚ (lü$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$ / lau$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): léu / lî
* Northern Min (KCR): lṳ̌
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lú / lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lu$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$liu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: lü$^3$
*** Yale: lyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
*** Palladius: люй (ljuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^5$ / lau$^5$
*** Yale: léuih / láuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$ / lau$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$ / leo$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: léu / lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: leu$^ˋ$ / li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: leu$^3$ / li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /leu̯³¹/, /li²⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
*** Tâi-lô: lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
*** Tâi-lô: lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lú
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$liu
*** MiniDict: liu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ly
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ly²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit縷 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ly²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ly²¹³/ /ly⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ly¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ly⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ly⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ly⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ly⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /l̩ʷ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ly⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ly⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ly⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ny⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /nəu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /nəu⁴²/ 老 /ni⁴²/ 新 |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ləu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ly²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /zz̩ʷ²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ly⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ly⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ly²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ly³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /lei⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /løy³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ly³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /li³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ləu⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /nəɯ⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /leu³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /løy²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ly²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /løy²³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /lu⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ly³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ly²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /lu⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /lɔu²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: ljuX
Rime :
| Character | 縷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力主切 |
| Baxter | ljuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /luə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /lio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]oʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*roʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 縷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lǚ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lju$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]oʔ/ |
| English | thread |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 縷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8496 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 縷 |
| Old Chinese | /*roʔ/ |

### Definitions

縷
* thread
* detailed, precise
* Classifier for wisps, threads, or strands.

#### Compounds

* 一絲兩縷 / 一丝两缕
* 一縷 / 一缕
* 不絕如縷 / 不绝如缕 (bùjuérúlǚ)
* 依頭縷當 / 依头缕当
* 千絲萬縷 / 千丝万缕 (qiānsīwànlǚ)
* 寸縷 / 寸缕
* 析縷分條 / 析缕分条
* 條分縷晰 / 条分缕晰
* 條分縷析 / 条分缕析 (tiáofēnlǚxī)
* 毛舉縷析 / 毛举缕析
* 毫分縷析 / 毫分缕析
* 萬縷千絲 / 万缕千丝
* 篳路藍縷 / 筚路蓝缕 (bìlùlánlǚ)
* 細縷 / 细缕
* 細針密縷 / 细针密缕
* 結縷草 / 结缕草
* 縷析 / 缕析 (lǚxī)
* 縷當 / 缕当
* 縷細 / 缕细
* 縷縷 / 缕缕
* 縷衣 / 缕衣
* 縷解 / 缕解
* 縷述 / 缕述
* 羅縷 / 罗缕 (luólǚ)
* 蓽路藍縷 / 荜路蓝缕 (bìlùlánlǚ)
* 藍縷 / 蓝缕 (lánlǚ)
* 衣冠藍縷 / 衣冠蓝缕
* 襤縷 / 褴缕 (lánlǚ)
* 覶縷 / 𰴝缕
* 身無寸縷 / 身无寸缕
* 金縷玉衣 / 金缕玉衣 (jīnlǚyùyī)
* 金縷衣 / 金缕衣 (jīnlǚyī)
* 長命縷 / 长命缕

### References

* “縷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𫃵 |
| Kyūjitai | 縷 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫃵)
* thread

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: る (ru)、ろう (rō)
* Kun: いと (ito, 縷)

#### Compounds

* 縷(る)衣(い) (rui)
* 縷(る)解(かい) (rukai)
* 縷(る)膾(かい) (rukai)
* 縷(る)挙(きょ) (rukyo)
* 縷(る)金(きん) (rukin)
* 縷(る)言(げん) (rugen)
* 縷(る)細(さい) (rusai)
* 縷(る)綵(さい) (rusai)
* 縷(る)述(じゅつ) (rujutsu)
* 縷(る)析(せき) (ruseki)
* 縷(る)切(せつ) (rusetsu)
* 縷(る)説(せつ) (rusetsu)
* 縷(る)陳(ちん) (ruchin)
* 縷(る)綿(めん) (rumen)
* 縷(る)絡(らく) (ruraku)
* 縷(る)縷(る) (ruru)
* 衣(い)縷(る) (iru)
* 一(いち)縷(る) (ichiru)
* 煙(えん)縷(る) (enru)
* 金(きん)縷(る) (kinru)
* 細(さい)縷(る) (sairu)
* 綵(さい)縷(る) (sairu)
* 糸(し)縷(る) (shiru)
* 絮縷
* 鍼(しん)縷(る) (shinru)
* 千(せん)縷(る) (senru)
* 線(せん)縷(る) (senru)
* 繊(せん)縷(る) (senru)
* 帛(はく)縷(る) (hakuru)
* 繁縷(はこべ) (hakobe), 繁縷(はこべら) (hakobera): chickweed
* 万(ばん)縷(る) (banru)
* 微(び)縷(る) (biru)
* 布(ふ)縷(る) (furu)
* 羅(ら)縷(る), 覶(ら)縷(る) (raru)
* 藍(らん)縷(る), 襤(らん)縷(る) (ranru) (藍(らん)蔞(る))
* 柳(りゅう)縷(る) (ryūru)

### References

* 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “縷”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

縷 • (ru>nu) (hangeul 루>누, revised ru>nu, McCune–Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

縷: Hán Nôm readings: lũ, lụa, lũ, lú, lẫu
* silk thread (see lụa)
* silky (see lụa)